Medical Humanities
For over 10 years I worked with the Medical Humanities teams at Plymouth Medical School PMS and Exeter Medical School EMS. I ran storytelling in health courses in both institutions and with PMS I co-facilitated lectures alongside clinicians where I would bring a creative, interactive or story input to the theme.
With PMS I worked across the academic year on the Creative Approaches to Wellbeing programme in partnership with the Play Therapists from Torbay Hospital. A group of students worked together to create the blue-print a story based intervention to support the work of the play therapists for any age group from 0-18 years old.
- Example of the audio relaxation one, and the book of the route one.
At EMS I worked with a small group where they each follow their own line of enquiry to research and develop a storytelling in health micro project and learn about non-medicalised approaches.
Example – music one, video game one, plenty of others
Theatre in Health students at Exeter Uni on …
Comedy improv in health settings
Care Homes and older people
Activities coordinator for Moorland Community Caring
Ran regular story and word based activities at a local care home – have examples of poem and story making, conversation generation through word play, poetry and short story reading, storytelling, and sensory stimulation.
Care Home Leadership Programme
Services:
Bespoke workshop and project design for participants and/or staff.
Examples:
Medical Humanities for 10 years at the unis, the courses I ran
Theatre for Health students
Care Homes and activity coordinator
TCAN YP stuff
Stories of Care
